U.S. Senator from Kanasas, Jerry Moran (R), is chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies; Sen. Moran led a subcommittee hearing to review the President Trump’s FY2026 budget request for the Department of Justice (DOJ).
United States Attorney General Pam Bondi testified as a witness before the subcommittee.
Sen. Moran made remarks: “Attorney General, in the last 72 hours, senior officials at the Department of Justice and the FBI have issued warnings about the possibility of Iran or its supporters retaliating on American soil. I’m concerned by these threats, particularly to Jewish communities and facilities. Particularly, I’m concerned after one of our own state’s citizens, Kansan Sarah Milgrim, was murdered by an anti-Israel activist here in Washington, D.C. Can you tell us about specific actions the FBI and the DOJ are taking to mitigate these threats?”
Attorney General Bondi responded: “Thank you, Senator Moran, and I spoke with Sarah’s family in Kansas. I went to the scene of that crime as I’ve done countless times as a homicide prosecutor in my career. I never dreamed that I would do that again, and it was truly horrific…We are all over these cases, working hand-in-hand with FBI, with Homeland Security. All of our agencies are working so well together to try to combat this throughout our country.”
Sen. Moran said he’s concerned by the depth of some proposed cuts by the Trump administration, including reductions to law enforcement agencies and cuts to DOJ grant programs that help state and local law enforcement agencies.